16 h. ago Moving Police Scotland crime files to cloud could see them stored in “hostile” countries

Microsoft is refusing to say where the data will be held, leaving the force in possible breach of the law.

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33 h. ago Sarm Heslop's last movements: Police release previously unseen CCTV footage of the missing Brit's final moments on land after mysteriously vanishing

After over four years, the CCTV of the last recorded moments before Heslop disappeared from her boyfriend's Caribbean catamaran in 2021, have been released in a new BBC2 documentary.

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34 h. ago Tariq Ashkanani wins 2025 McIlvanney Prize at Bloody Scotland crime writing festival

Ashkanani won with his novel The Midnight King.

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36 h. ago Tariq Ashkanani announced as winner of 2025 McIlvanney Prize

The Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival runs until September 14.

Politics

36 h. ago New CCTV of Sarm Heslop's last movements released as police admit 'we need help'

The former Flybe air hostess, 41, was last seen with her wealthy American boyfriend Ryan Bane at a restaurant close to where his yacht was docked on the paradise isle of St John

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3 d. ago Man arrested in Glasgow by Northern Irish police in connection with 'drug import'

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Organised Crime Branch arrested the man, with assistance from Police Scotland, on suspicion of fraudulently importing a class B controlled drug.

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4 d. ago South Africa to reopen Steve Biko inquest 48 years after death in police custody

Death of anti-apartheid activist in 1977 after police beat him into a coma sparked outrage across the worldSouth African prosecutors will reopen an inquest into the death of the prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died in police custody.Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by police who had arrested him nearly a month earlier. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Dundee crime: Police Scotland call handler jailed after illegally accessing records and sharing information

The offences include accessing police records without legitimate policing purpose and obtaining and disclosing personal information.

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5 d. ago I ditched the UK and moved my family to Dubai because it's not safe

Dan Cheung, a popular YouTuber and Forex trader, spoke of his experience of becoming a victim of crime, blaming a lack of 'real repercussions' for criminals in the UK.

Politics

7 d. ago Shabana Mahmood expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks

New home secretary is expected to unveil plans to use military sites as Labour seeks to harden immigration policyShabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as Labour seeks to harden its immigration policy amid rising numbers of crossings in the channel.The new home secretary is reportedly set to announce the use of Ministry of Defence sites to house people after a wave of protests outside migrant accommodation over the summer. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago PM shakes up Home Office in sweeping reshuffle after Rayner exit

Former borders minister Dame Angela Eagle and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson have been moved to other departments.

Society

8 d. ago London protests LIVE: Arrests begin as police move in on Palestine Action demonstration at Parliament Square

Attendees are expected to refuse street bail, requiring more people to be taken into custody

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8 d. ago Met Police piloting video screens amid anger over axing of half its front desks in London

Scotland Yard forced to cut services as epidemic of knife crime, mobile phone snatches and shoplifting spirals

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9 d. ago Biden wanted to pay travelers cash for flight delays. Trump just nixed the plan

Former Biden-era policy adviser calls the move a ‘slap in the face’ to travelers

Politics

1 week ago Transgender federal employees say they face fear and discrimination under Trump

The Trump administration since January has moved to reverse years of legal and policy gains for transgender Americans, from stripping government websites of “gender ideology” to reinstituting a ban on transgender service members in the military

Politics

1 week ago Albanian trio jailed for running ‘industrial scale’ cannabis farm

Elton Skenderi, 29, Gjovalin Toma, 31, and Eduard Daja, 39, admitted drug offences after their cultivation was found in a former shopping centre.

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2 w. ago Mother of Minneapolis shooter obtains lawyer in shock move after NOT speaking to police since school church massacre: 'completely distraught'

Mary Westman, the mother of shooting suspect Robin Westman, 23, was a former employee at the Annunciation Church where the horror unfolded on Wednesday morning.

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2 w. ago Fatal accident inquiry into Stonehaven derailment could start in January

Three people were killed in the incident, which occurred during bad weather near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, in August 2020.

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2 w. ago What is the global ‘sovereign citizen’ movement and why is it so strong in Australia?

Sovereign citizens believe they are separate from the countries they live in and the law does not apply to them

Politics

2 w. ago Gangster Ross McGill's "war council" unmasked as top crime lords behind Scotland's violence

An underworld source has revealed the men behind the feared Tamo Junto (TMJ) gang.

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